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sftp doesn't work with ssh keys on opensuse

I've been trying to connect to a remote server using an SSH key for authentication but there seems to be a bug in Beyond Compare where it doesn't even attempt to connect using the specified key. I'm certain this is a Beyond Compare issue as I am able to SSH into the server using the key without issue and nothing is being logged on the remote server when I attempt to connect using Beyond Compare. Upon connecting to the server it provides a username and password dialogue.

What command line did you use to generate the key with this options/parameters? Example:
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"

The error you are hitting is an attempt to use the key, which, if it fails will then prompt for a password as a fallback authentication option if available.

If you run ssh-add are there any keys in queue for adding on your system?
If you regenerate a new key, does this new key work with BC4? To help determine if there's something specific about this key that we're having trouble with.

I generated a new key myself for the test system, ran into similar errors but found that the ssh-agent was already running in a bad state. This forum thread helped me get things running with the terminal's ssh command, after which my key worked in that test machine and any others I tested.http://askubuntu.com/questions/76254...used-operation